Just letterbox? A study of indirect contact in adoption
The study began with quantitative analysis of 138 children placed for adoption in one authority and developed into qualitative research on indirect letterbox contact. It examined planned and actual contact and the experiences surrounding letterbox arrangements.
Limitations: One local authority and historical cohorts; doctoral thesis rather than peer-reviewed journal article.
- Research type
- Doctoral thesis; mixed methods
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children
Adoption context: Adoption from care
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in the bibliographic material screened. This is not confirmation of institutional independence; affiliations, funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: birth family, children, contact, England, letterbox contact, UK research
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
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- Commissioner
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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